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masculine

/penˈtaɣono/

Line drawing of pentágono
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Translation

pentagon

Word origin

From Greek pentagonon, from pente ('five') plus gonia ('angle'). The same gonia gives English 'polygon' and 'diagonal'.

Origin
Greek
Root
pentagonon
English cognates
pentagon, polygon

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralpentágonos

Examples

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A pentagon has five equal sides.

maestra pizarra.

The teacher drew a pentagon on the board.

combina hexágonos.

A football combines pentagons and hexagons.

¿ calcular ?

Do you know how to work out the area of a pentagon?

recortó cartulina.

The boy cut a pentagon out of card.

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This word is part of lesson 83.